Said the eminent among the people of Pharaoh, "Indeed, this is a learned magician  

قَالَ الْمَلَأُ مِنْ قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَسَاحِرٌ عَلِيمٌ  

Who wants to expel you from your land ˹through magic˺, so what do you instruct?"  

يُرِيدُ أَنْ يُخْرِجَكُمْ مِنْ أَرْضِكُمْ ۖ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ  

They said, "Postpone ˹the matter of˺ him and his brother and send among the cities gatherers  

قَالُوا أَرْجِهْ وَأَخَاهُ وَأَرْسِلْ فِي الْمَدَائِنِ حَاشِرِينَ  

Who will bring you every learned magician."  

يَأْتُوكَ بِكُلِّ سَاحِرٍ عَلِيمٍ  

And the magicians came to Pharaoh. They said, "Indeed for us is a reward if we are the predominant."  

وَجَاءَ السَّحَرَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ قَالُوا إِنَّ لَنَا لَأَجْرًا إِنْ كُنَّا نَحْنُ الْغَالِبِينَ  

He said, "Yes, and, ˹moreover˺, you will be among those made near ˹to me˺."  

قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنَّكُمْ لَمِنَ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ  

They said, "O Moses, either you throw ˹your staff˺, or we will be the ones to throw ˹first˺."  

قَالُوا يَا مُوسَىٰ إِمَّا أَنْ تُلْقِيَ وَإِمَّا أَنْ نَكُونَ نَحْنُ الْمُلْقِينَ  

He said, "Throw," and when they threw, they bewitched the eyes of the people and struck terror into them, and they presented a great ˹feat of˺ magic.  

قَالَ أَلْقُوا ۖ فَلَمَّا أَلْقَوْا سَحَرُوا أَعْيُنَ النَّاسِ وَاسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَاءُوا بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ  

And We inspired to Moses, "Throw your staff," and at once it devoured what they were falsifying.  

وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصَاكَ ۖ فَإِذَا هِيَ تَلْقَفُ مَا يَأْفِكُونَ  

So the truth was established, and abolished was what they were doing.  

فَوَقَعَ الْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ  

And Pharaoh and his people were overcome right there and became debased.  

فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانْقَلَبُوا صَاغِرِينَ  

And the magicians fell down in prostration ˹to Allah˺.  

وَأُلْقِيَ السَّحَرَةُ سَاجِدِينَ  

They said, "We have believed in the Lord of the worlds,  

قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِرَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ  

The Lord of Moses and Aaron."  

رَبِّ مُوسَىٰ وَهَارُونَ  

Said Pharaoh, "You believed in him before I gave you permission. Indeed, this is a conspiracy which you conspired in the city to expel therefrom its people. But you are going to know.  

قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ آمَنْتُمْ بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَكَرْتُمُوهُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا مِنْهَا أَهْلَهَا ۖ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ  

I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."  

لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلَافٍ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ  

They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.  

قَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَ  

And you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die as Muslims ˹in submission to You˺."  

وَمَا تَنْقِمُ مِنَّا إِلَّا أَنْ آمَنَّا بِآيَاتِ رَبِّنَا لَمَّا جَاءَتْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَتَوَفَّنَا مُسْلِمِينَ